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     Community Colleges

Community colleges are two-year colleges, characterised by a curriculum which leads to an Associate degree or a transfer program. The first two years in Community college is parallel to first two years in a University.

While the system has widespread acceptance and is immensely popular with the Americans, it is yet to evolve among the international community specially students from the sub continent. However the spiraling costs of international education is forcing the more “price sensitive” sectors to find out ways to reduce the financial burden without compromise to quality of education or the qualification in the end. Community colleges seem to fit the bill

What are the advantages?

The primary advantage is the price. The first two years (Freshman and Sophomore) of the four-year degree is usually spent in acquiring credits for the General education modules with some course work done on the chosen major. These units can be completed at the Community colleges. Most American community colleges are public colleges accredited by American college and university accreditation associations, so credits earned at community college are equivalent to traditional university credits. They also offer a wide range of courses like Business, Architecture, Engineering Technology, Health Sciences, Legal studies etc and so cater to all disciplines and majors. All Universities in the US recognize and accept these credits so the students can essentially join the third year at his chosen University and graduate from there on.

The cost of tuition for the two years at the Community college is usually a third of what it would cost at the University. Many campuses are in suburban settings reducing living costs as well. Also with smaller class sizes and a better staff-student ratio, the students get better support from faculty. Most students tend to do well academically. Adapting to the US pattern of education is also easier.

What are the issues?

Some of the campuses tend to reflect domination of a particular ethnic group or community and so the demographics can be skewed and can pose a challenge to an international student. Some of the campuses are in rural settings with very little to offer by way of amenities. International students would have difficulty in settling in.

Not all colleges have pre – agreed articulation agreements with Universities so the transfer is not seamless. Students may have to go through the whole process of applying and waiting for offers

How do we address them? 

• Should you decide to go to a community college, ensure that it has a history of accepting international students. Also check out the demographics
• Avoid choosing very small colleges even if the prices are attractive. Chances are you will not continue there.
• Get a complete picture in terms of facilities, housing, part-time work etc.
• Study the geography of the region to evaluate its Business prospects

• Talk to the advisor to check out what support services are available for your transfer eventually.

    Music Engineering

Do you love music? Do you like to work on computers? Do you often fiddle / work with gadgets? Does electronics fascinate you? – If the answer is yes to all these then Music Engineering may be just the career for you. Not only will you be able to contribute to the newest releases on the charts, you can change the way we listen to music or create new musical instruments. If you are ambitious, if you are hard working the field is wide open for you. Making music or music technology equipment is a complex process – A combination of the dynamics of your scientific knowledge and your creativity.